Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Atari Punk Console


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was redirect to Forrest Mims. There is consensus here that the subject does not require a standalone article, and that mergers may be useful. These isn't clear-cut consensus on the target. I am therefore closing this as "redirect", and noting that the target of this redirect, and of any mergers, may still be discussed on the talk page or elsewhere. Vanamonde (Talk) 23:39, 25 July 2020 (UTC)

Atari Punk Console

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General notability failure. The notability of some circuitry under this name is not reliably established and blog sources like Hackaday is not useful for establishing notability which fills the websearch results. Graywalls (talk) 14:07, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Graywalls (talk) 14:07, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Graywalls (talk) 14:07, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions. Graywalls (talk) 15:55, 11 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge selectively to Forrest Mims. The circuit is well known enough to merit short sections DIY music/Maker books like and . This scholarly paper called the circuit "seminal".  But there isn't much in-depth written about it outside of Mims' writings. Given its modest but verifiable impact on early DIY electronic music, I think it is worth a mention in the Forrest Mims article. --  16:14, 11 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Merged into 555 timer IC article. There has been a link to the Atari Punk Console (APC) article near the bottom of the 555 timer IC article, per this link. For quite a while, I had a goal to copy or merge the APC article into the 555 timer article.  The recent deletion notice caused me to go ahead and do it now.  You can go ahead and end this discussion and redirect Atari Punk Console to "555 timer IC".  •  Sbmeirow  •  Talk  • 20:59, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * In the interest of consensus, I would be fine with a merge to the 555 article instead. -- 22:04, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * comment It could also go to tone generator. Is this circuit noteworthy and non-generic enough to be added into anything around? We wouldn't want every referenceable things from Forrest Mims book going into the page about him; circuit component pages. We wouldn't want every example of project examples in books/magazine seeding a pile of "such as....." list in the 555 circuit chip Graywalls (talk) 17:23, 14 July 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kj cheetham (talk) 21:16, 18 July 2020 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.